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Since the recent escalation of violence that began last month, at least 33 Palestinian boys and girls have been killed and many more injured or maimed – caught in the crossfire, shot in their living rooms, or struck by explosions in their own backyards.
In other words, a benefit-risk balance must be struck.
There has been much complaining from foreign observers, aid teams, reporters, and government spokesmen about the lack of clarity, not to mention reliability, of official Japanese statements about the various disasters following the massive earthquake that struck northeastern Japan on March 11.
Indeed, while the previous Bush administration led the global opposition to harm reduction, the US delegation struck a more conciliatory tone at the Vienna summit, indicating what some perceive as a fresh start to drug policy.
On Friday night, reality struck us with a vengeance.
Of course, the terrorist cell that struck Paris was not created in the wake of the Islamic State’s recent battlefield losses.
But the hardliners struck back.
Saying No to the WarmongersNEW YORK – The accord struck in Vienna to rein in Iran’s nuclear activities has warmongers fulminating.
As a result, when the Asian financial crisis struck in 1997, China was insulated from the volatility that ravaged its fragile neighbors.
Interestingly, contemporary news accounts reveal little evidence of public anger at economists after disaster struck in 1929.
By calling illegal Mexican immigrants “rapists” and proposing to ban Muslims from entering the United States, he may have struck a chord with enough of the Republican Party’s base.
The irony of Asia’s economic crisis was that it struck the “miracle” economies that maintained sound macroeconomic policies and carried out far-reaching financial liberalization.
And, amazingly, a deeply polarized US Congress has just struck a two-year fiscal deal that will boost spending slightly in the short run, while reducing the deficit in the long run.
Greek GDP has been shrinking since the global financial crisis struck in 2008, and it is projected to remain deeply negative until 2015-2016.
A new management was bought in through the market; unions struck; management filed for bankruptcy, sold planes and gates.
Global support for “making poverty history” shows how the issue of Third-World poverty has finally struck a responsive chord.
In recent months, massive droughts have struck the grain-producing regions of Russia and Ukraine, and enormous floods have hit Brazil and Australia; now, another drought is menacing northern China’s grain belt.
Even if the US and France struck Damascus, they would not end the conflict in Syria – unlike in the former Yugoslavia, where they halted the Kosovo war by bombing Belgrade – for three reasons.
Since World War II, strikes to halt nuclear activities have taken place exclusively in the Middle East: Iraq was struck by Iran (1980), Israel (1981), and the United States (1991, 2003), while Iraq bombed Iran (1984-87) and Israel (1991).
One is likelier to be struck by lightning than to be killed by a terrorist.
The French proposal, though still evolving, has already struck a responsive chord internationally.
During Operation Cast Lead, rockets struck perilously close to Tel Aviv and Ben Gurion Airport.
Over the last year, the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen has struck four health facilities supported by the non-governmental organization Doctors Without Borders.
The women ultimately took their case to the United Nations (UN), where they have now struck a historic victory for equality for millions of women around the world.
According to the story, Descartes was so struck with grief that he created an automaton, a mechanical doll, built to appear identical to his dead daughter.
The captain, struck with revulsion, grabbed her, dragged her up to the deck of the ship, and threw her overboard.
As a Canadian, he was struck by the “horizontal” nature of the Canadian and American currency areas.
To be sure, the Chinese government claimed that an earthquake that struck southeastern Tibet in mid-November “might have led to the turbidity” in the river waters.
The pillars of the Thai state – nation, religion, and the king – struck a unifying, collective chord, and the resulting stability enabled economic development.
Its defining characteristic, after all, is not the political arena in which an agreement will be struck (the UN system); it is the overarching policy goal (avoiding dangerous climate change).
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